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Forestry officials invite citizens out to Virginia’s state forests to celebrate National Trails Day June 1, according to a news release.
Many of Virginia’s 22 state forests offer miles of trails for walking, hiking and bird watching....

SEATTLE -- When an intense storm pounded southwestern Washington in 2007, mud poured down from the mountainsides, logging debris choked streams and the Chehalis River flooded much of the region, causing $57 million in damage.
Almost immediately,...

Flames fanned by strong winds in the Angeles National Forest burned close to high-voltage electrical lines Thursday afternoon, and mandatory evacuations were being ordered as a brush fire raged out of control.
About 400 acres had been burned as hundreds...

Deforestaton is propeling fast changes in evolution, a study of the Brazilian rain forest suggests.
Researchers found that in areas where populations of large-billed, fruit-eating birds, such as toucans, have been driven out because of deforestation,...

SEATTLE — The seal looked appealing, a daisy on a field of green, with the words “Tested Green.” It was issued to more than 120 products as a guarantee of environmental responsibility.
The problem, federal trade regulators announced in...

A wildfire in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita has burned more than 1,400 acres and was 15% contained Friday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
New evacuations were ordered at 5 a.m. for homes on a one-mile stretch of San...

A wildfire in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita has burned more than 1,500 acres and was only 15% contained Friday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
The flames are chewing through dried-out brush and chaparral in the steep,...

The White fire that burned nearly 2,000 acres in Santa Barbara County this week was started accidentally, officials said Friday.
The blaze was sparked by embers that escaped from an approved fire-use site at the White Rock Day Use Area in the Santa...

As firefighters struggle to contain the Powerhouse fire that is raging between Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley, we are reminded of the terrible devastation that fire, wind and dry fuel can bring.
We are also seeing the tremendous utility of night...

GROVELAND, Calif. — As autumn turns to winter and rain falls over the charred landscape left behind by the Rim fire, forest rangers and emergency planners have a new worry: water.
Over 90% of the blaze burned in the Tuolumne River watershed, where...

In a heart-warming ceremony earlier this month, the sons of the late Amanda Torbit of Jarrettsville planted and dedicated a tree in their mother's memory at Eden Mill Nature Center in northern Harford County.
The tree planting was an expression of...